Robberyproof cashier&#39;s window



July 4, 1933.- J. J. DE GLORIA ROBBERYPROOF CASHIER" S WINDQW Filed July 20, 1951.

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I Patented July 4, 1933 are J'QHN' J. DE GLORIA, OF SAN LEANDRO, CALIFORNIA.

' .ROBBERYTPROOF GASHIERS WINDOW Application filed. July 20,

This invention is a robbery proof cashiers window and is especially adapted to the prevention of robbery and is for use in banks, theatres, box oflices and similar places where money and negotiable securities are handled.

The main object of the invention is to pro-. tect cashiers and others handling money and securities against the depredations of bandits.

Another object of the invention is to provide protection to such persons against injury by pistol shots or from arms of various kinds.

A further object of the invention is to provide full protection at all times, allowing no point through which a shot can be fired to endanger thelife of such person.

A still further object of the invention is to provide such a window with means for transferring money and papers or securities from one side of the window to the other, as also permitting the transfer of speech to opposite sides of the window, so as to permit'unhindered business dealing, while being afiorded full protection at all times against depredations.

' Other objectsand advantages of the invention will become apparent as the following description is read on the drawing forming a part of this specification and in which similar reference characters are used to designate similar parts throughout the several views and in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of the invention with the security and money transfer means indicated in section.

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional elevation of the invention.

Fig. 3 is a modification of the invention showmg means for aligning the voice transfer apertures.

Fig. 4 is another modification showing electrical voice transfermeans, such as microphone and voice translating device.

The invention consists of a bullet proof glass window provided with voice transfer means and money and article transfer means, and is indicated in its preferred'form in Figs. 1 and 2 in which two panes 10 and 11 of bullet proof glass or other bullet proof transparent material are suitably supported in the usual 1931. Serial No. 551,860.

framing 12 above a counter 13. One pane 11 has a voice transfer aperture 14 formed there- 1n, and the other panelO has a plurality of volce transfer apertures 15 formed therein out of alignment with the aperture 14 preventing a shot being fired therethrough to 1n ure a person on the other side.

The money and security transfer means is located in the counter under the window and consists in its preferred form of a drawer 16 slidable in a compartment 17 from one side of the window to the other. Slidably secured to the compartment 17 is a cover 18 which is adapted to cover the opening on either side of the window. Triggers 19 are adapted to start either the cover 18 or drawer 16 so as to facilitate their operation.

A modification of the invention is shown in Fig. 3 in which two panes 20 and 21 are suitably mounted, the pane 21 being the outer pane and being fixedly secured and having a voice transfer aperture or sound passage 22 formed therein, while pane 20 is slidably mounted and extends only to the point 23 forming a sound passage about the end of the pane and has an aperture or sound passage 24 formed therein out of alignment with aperture or sound passage 22 when in its lowermost position, movement of the pane to its uppermost position aligning the passages 22 and 24. A hand hole 25 is provided for raising the pane so as to align apertures 24 and 22 to permit the direct passage of articles and sound.

Another modification is shown in Fig. 4 in which a single pane of bullet proof glass or other transparent material 27 is used without any apertures, the voice transfer means consisting of a speaking tube, phones" or, microphoneand voice translating means 26.

In either of the modifications the money and security transfer means shown in Figs. 1 and 2 are incorporated.

The inventionis operated as follows: The client deposits any money, pass books, securities or other articles in the drawer 16, and conversation is carried on in the usual way, the sound waves being transmitted through apertures 14 and 15, 24 and 22, or through the voice transfer means 26. The cashier or other employee, moves the cover 18 to the outer side of the window, the final movement starting the drawer 16 which is then drawn to be inside where the articles areremoved. Any articles to be transferred are then placed in the drawer and the drawer returned, the final movement starting the cover 18 which is then drawn backoto the inside.

It will be noted that no possibility of firing a bullet directly or by deflection is left open to an intruder or bandit as the cover 18 prevents deflection of a bullet at all times irrespective of the position of either the drawer It will also be noted that variations-in construction and arrangement of parts which are consistent with the appended claims may be resorted to without detracting from theany of the advantages thereof.

I claim: 7

-1. A cashiers window comprising two spaced apart, parallel, transparent plates of bullet resistant material, each of said plates having a sg und aperture formed therethrough, said'sound apertures being normally out of alignment to prevent passage of a prospirit or scope of the inventiomor sacrificing L jectile in a direct line through both apertures and permit passage of sound, and means for alignmg said apertures for the direct passage of articles and sound.

2. A cashiers window comprising two spaced apart, parallel, transparent plates of bullet resistant material, each of said plates having a sound aperture formed therethrough, said sound apertures being normally out of alignment to prevent passage of a proectll-e in a direct line through, both apertures and permit passage of sound, and

means for aligning said apertures for the the direct passage of articles and sound, said means for aligning said apertures compris- 1ng one of said plates being fixedly mounted, the other of said plates being slidably mounted, whereby, when the other plate is in one position, the apertures are out of alignment and when the(other plate is in its other position, the apertures are aligned. '3. A cashiers window comprising two spaced apart, parallel, transparent plates of bullet resistant material, each of said plates having a sound aperture formed there-, through, said sound apertures being normally out of al1gnment to prevent passage of a pro]ect-1le in a direct line through both apertures andpermit passage of sound, and means ally retained in its lowermost position with the apertures out of alignment.

4. A cashiers window comprising two spaced apart panes of glass, one of said panes being fixedl mounted, the other of said panes being slida ly mounted and limited as to movement and being gravitationally retained in one position and movable to another position, an aperture through each pane, said apertures being out of registry when said other pane is in said one position, forming an ohstruction to the passage of articles, while permitting passage of sound, said apertures being in registry when said other pane is in the other position, permitting the direct passage of articles and sound through the passages.

5. A cashiers window comprising two spaced apart panes'of glass, one of said panes being fixedly mounted, the other of said panes being slidably mounted and limited as to movement and being gravitationally retained in one position and movable to another position, an aperture through each pane, said apertures being out of registry when said other pane is in said one position, forming an obstruction to the passage of articles, while permitting passage of sound, said apertures being in registry when said other pane is in the other position, permitting the direct passage of articles and sound through the passages, said other pane providing an additional sound passage about one end of the pane.

, 6. A cashiers window comprising a frame, a first pane of transparent material fixedly secured in said frame, a second pane of transparent material parallel to, and in spaced relation to said first pane, an article and sound passage formed through each pane, said pas-' sages being normally out of alignment to prevent passage of an article in a direct line through both passages, and means for aligning said passages to permit passage of articles therethrough in a direct line, said passages permitting passage of sound waves irrespcc tive of the alignment of the passages.

7. A cashiers window comprising a frame, a first pane of transparent material fixedly secured in said frame, a second pane of transparent material parallel to, and in spaced rclatlon to said first pane, an article and sound passage formed through each pane, said passages belng normally out of alignment to prevent passage of. an article inxa direct line through both passages, and means for aligning said passages to permit passage of articles therethrough in a direct line, said passages permitting passage of sound waves irrespective of the alignment of the passages, said first pane being'greater in length than the second pane, said second pane being slidably mounted, said slidable mounting comprising the means for aligning the passages.

8. A cashiers Window comprising a frame, a first pane of transparent material fixedly secured in said frame, a second pane of transparent material parallel to, and in spaced relation to said first pane, an article and sound passage formed through each pane, said passages being normally out of alignment to prevent passage of an article in a direct line through both passages, and means for aligning said passages to permit passage of articles therethrough'in a direct line, said passages permitting passage of sound wavesirrespective of the alignment of the passages, said first pane being greater in length than the second pane, said second pane being slidably mounted, said slidable mounting com prising the means for aligning the passages, said second pane providing an additional sound passage about one end thereof, between the end of the pane and the frame.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JOHN J. DE GLORIA. 

